Probably its something else because I get the same error with every .sdw file I try to convert with LibreOffice 3.3.1 (same problem with OpenOffice 3.3.0) on Windows XP. The SDW files can be converted without problems on OpenOffice 3.2.1.
NoOp wrote: > > On 02/20/2011 02:30 AM, C Evans wrote: >> Somewhere along the development path OO/LO has lost the facility to open >> StarOffice 1.x ".sdw" (Writer) files directly. >> >> I have just switched from OO to LO, and have a small number of old sdw >> files I need to open and update to the .odt file format. >> >> The LO help says to use the file import wizard, but when I tried this on >> a folder containing (amongst some other files) 5 .sdw files, I hit the >> error- >> >> BASIC runtime error >> An exception occurred >> type com.sun.start.lang.IllegalArgumentException >> Message URL seems to be an unsupported one >> >> At this point the BASIC window is hung, you can't exit the script >> because it says it's still running, but the stop button in the macro >> window is inactive. The only way out is to kill off soffice.bin from the >> task manager, nasty. > > ... > > Possibly this bug: > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=105810 > [SDW from SO3 having table in footer loops import in OOo3] > I can open the works.sdw without issue in both OOo and LO, but the > crashes.sdw loops both & I have to kill soffice.bin to get out. > > > -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Message-URL-seems-to-be-an-unsupported-one-when-importing-sdw-files-tp2538436p2566134.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
